Motor racing-Alonso walks away from huge crash in Australia

MELBOURNE: Fernando Alonso walked away from a spectacular crash that left his smashed McLaren scattered across the Albert Park circuit and brought a halt to the Australian Grand Prix on Sunday.

Alonso’s right wheel clipped Esteban Gutierrez’s Haas at high speed going into turn three of the 18th lap and the impact sent the Spaniard’s McLaren careening into a barrier, smashing it to pieces, before it flipped, rolled and flew end-over-end into another barrier.

The two-time world champion emerged from the wreckage and walked gingerly over to Mexican Gutierrez where the pair embraced.